In this video we'll teach how to remove or change the background in photoshop as well as adding reflection effect.
This is a short video that covers everything you need to know when it comes to create a new window background or replacing the sky out the window using Adobe Photoshop.
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0:04 Hi!
0:07 In this video you will learn how to change window background as well as how to create landscape reflection
0:12 First, hit 'Ctrl J' to make a copy of the background
0:17 Take the magic wand tool
0:20 And start clicking on the window background to make a selection
0:30 hit 'Ctrl +' to zoom in and 'Ctrl -' to zoom out
0:36 After selecting all the background, take the Quick selection tool, make sure the hit the + symbol above and delete unnecessary selected parts
1:09 Hit the mask
1:16 Click the mask to make sure it's a good selection
1:33 Take a black brush and paint to erase unnecessarywhite parts
1:39 hit the bracket keys to make brush size bigger or smaller and paint where it's needed
1:45 'Ctrl -' to zoom out
1:53 Click the copied layer's thumbnail
1:57 Go to 'File' and then hit 'Place' to upload the new sky background
2:03 Hold the Alt+Shift and click to drag (Alt+Shift will maintain the original proportion of the photo) and hit 'Enter'
2:09 Drag the new sky/background layer down below the coied layer
2:15 If needed, reposition the new background by using the moving tool
2:24 Now let's make a reflection effect on the floor (even though it's not realistic regarding the distance of the skyscrapers)
2:33 'Ctral J' to make a copy of the new background and drag it to the top
2:43 Hit 'Ctrl T' to transform
2:47 Right click and select 'Flip vertical'
2:51 decrease opacity to see which point we'd like to drag it to, and then increase it back
2:59 hit 'Enter'
3:06 Hover over the mask thumbnail while holding the 'Alt' key and then drag the mask up to the new background layer
3:13 Hit the layer's thumbnail
3:16 Go to 'Filter' and then select 'Gaussian blur'
3:22 Play with the radius to dictate the level of the reflection effect and hit OK
3:37 Now hit the fx symbol on the right side of the layer to open up the Layer style option
3:42 And then hold the 'Alt' key and click on the white arrow to break it and then take the left piece and drag it al the way to the left
3:55 and do the same with the black arrow beneath as shown
4:15 Hit OK
4:30 If needed, You can always come back to the 'gaussian blur' and do more changes since because it's a smart object
4:41 That's it.
4:44 Lastly, Click the top layer and then hold shift and click the last one and then hit 'Ctrl G' to put them all in a group
4:54 Thank you for watching! Subscribe for more!
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